I have a spreadsheet which allows users to enter values, and then
automatically calculates various summaries from this. Before protecting the
sheet I have Locked the cells which have formulas in them, but left the
others Unlocked for data entry. This works fine until the user tries to
delete an entry they have made into an Unlocked cell, at which point they
receive an error message saying that the sheet is protected. As they are
only trying to clear an entry that they have made, I want to allow them to do
so, and can't really understand why Excel is blocking this when the cell
isn't Locked. Any suggestions? Thanks. Sue